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klr650goldwing
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We recently bought a used 5er with a dish mounted on the roof. This dish folds up for traveling. I know nothing about this system, but just recently subscribed to the dish network. This coming Wednesday morning the dish people will come out and install the system on our house and show us how to use it on the trailer. What are the odds the installer will know how to work the dish on the 5er? Will they have a manual they will leave with us etc.? Are there any specific questions I should ask?
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TechWriter
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klr650goldwing wrote:
The parts are on BO so who knows when they will be available.

This Amazon link says they have some in stock.
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klr650goldwing
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The parts are on BO so who knows when they will be available.
2014 Grand Design Solitude 369RL
2017 F350 6.7 DRW CC LB 4X4
2012 Mercedes E550
2010 Honda Civic
2009 Saab 93 Aero Convertible
2004 Honda Goldwing GL1800
2004 Kawasaki KLR650
1966 Honda 305 Dream

Dutch_12078
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If you have Amazon Prime and order right away, you could have the kits before you leave and do the conversion at an RV park.
Dutch
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klr650goldwing
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Turns out our satellite system on our 5er is for a direct tv system. We want a dish system in our house and trailer. Winegard says we can make our Travler to be Dish compatible by adding RP-SK21 and RP-SK11 parts. We are leaving this Sunday on a 7 week trip to DC and we were hoping to get Dish up and working before we left, but that isn't going to happen. Thanks for your help.
2014 Grand Design Solitude 369RL
2017 F350 6.7 DRW CC LB 4X4
2012 Mercedes E550
2010 Honda Civic
2009 Saab 93 Aero Convertible
2004 Honda Goldwing GL1800
2004 Kawasaki KLR650
1966 Honda 305 Dream

2oldman
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rk911 wrote:
i always forget about the โ€˜how toโ€™ videos on YouTube.
If it's something you want to do, chances are many other people have done it and posted about it. And you can also ask them questions. It's amazing. I recently learned how to wash gravel, and clean a bong.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

K_Charles
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When we went from directv to dish the installer put the dish box in the living room, the Joey in the bedroom and our vip211 in the MH and made all three work.

rk911
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2oldman wrote:
You could probably find a lot of stuff on youtube.


thatโ€™s an excellent idea. i always forget about the โ€˜how toโ€™ videos on YouTube. Billโ€™s advice to raise the sat dish and see which birds it finds is also spot on. be sure youโ€™re dish is clear of trees to the South/Southwest. The โ€˜Dish For My RV Appโ€™ is useful for
determining if your dish can see the sats.
Rich
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2oldman
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You could probably find a lot of stuff on youtube.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

Lynnmor
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I called Dish to activate my Wally with a Playmaker carryout dish. The Technical support guy asked repeatedly about getting the carryout installed, totally clueless. He finally kicked it up to a manager to get the simple activation done.

Bill_Satellite
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Explorer II
Go ahead and deploy the antenna. It will lock on even without the receiver installed. Now, take a picture of the antenna while raised and post here so we can see what you have. You can also use the controller to raise the antenna and when you start it up it will have a message about the antenna. When it's locked on it will either have *101, *119, 110 (DirecTV) or *119, *110, *129 (Dish Network). If you are lucky and it's a Dish antenna then you can leave the antenna up, let the installer install and life will be good. If it's not a Dish antenna, call and stop the installation as you are going to need to order $300 worth of parts from Winegard and either install them or find an RV professional (not a Dish Network guy) to install them.
What I post is my 2 cents and nothing more. Please don't read anything into my post that's not there. If you disagree, that's OK.
Can't we all just get along?

Lwiddis
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โ€œWhat are the odds the installer will know how to work the dish on the 5er?โ€œ

Very high. Let us know if he/she does know.
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rk911
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lryrob9301 wrote:
The odds are 0 that the installer will know anything about the RV system. I would bet they will not even touch the RV installation, and tell you to take it somewhere to have the equipment installed.

well, not zero but not great. iโ€™ve run across some with RV experience. but your first hurdle is determining if the sat dish is DISH of DTV.
Rich
Ham Radio, Sport Pilot, Retired 9-1-1 Call Center Administrator
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2016 Itasca Suncruiser 38Q
'46 Willys CJ2A
'23 Jeep Wrangler JL
'10 Jeep Liberty KK

& MaggieThe Wonder Beagle

lryrob9301
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The odds are 0 that the installer will know anything about the RV system. I would bet they will not even touch the RV installation, and tell you to take it somewhere to have the equipment installed.

rk911
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you likely have a Winegard Trav'ler sat dish. your immediate issue is if the Trav'ler is rigged for DISH or DirecTV. any clues from the previous owner like paperwork, manuals, etc? worst case if it is rigged for DTV it can be converted to DISH. there should be a control box in one of the overhead cabinets. manuals are online. reach out if you have other questions
Rich
Ham Radio, Sport Pilot, Retired 9-1-1 Call Center Administrator
_________________________________
2016 Itasca Suncruiser 38Q
'46 Willys CJ2A
'23 Jeep Wrangler JL
'10 Jeep Liberty KK

& MaggieThe Wonder Beagle